Maintenant nous allons apprendre les formes du verbe ‘faire’. Usain Bolt fait de l’athlètisme. Today we are going to repeat and learn the different forms of the verb ‘faire’. Usain Bolt does athletics. (Notice the ending is now ‘t’ , il fait, not ‘s’ as for je fais

je fais Encourage pupils to point to the person being referred to in order to make this a physical memory activity. I have included the English here to make it perfectly clear what the pictures stand for, in case there is any ambiguity. Encourage pupils here to repeat aloud ‘je fais ’ and point at themselves with one finger. (One finger should be used for singular forms and two for plural.)

tu fais Encourage pupils here to repeat aloud ‘tu fais and point directly at one other person (looking at them) with one finger. Explain informal ‘ you’

Encourage pupils here to repeat aloud ‘il fait’ and point away first at a boy (with one finger) and then ‘elle fait’ again but point away at a girl (with one finger). il /elle fait

Encourage pupils here to repeat aloud ‘nous faisons’ and point two fingers (one finger on each hand) at themselves. Nous faisons

Encourage pupils here to repeat aloud ‘vous faites’ and point two fingers (one finger on each hand) directly at other people. Explain formal ‘ you’ rules with a salute Vous faites

Ils/elles font Encourage pupils here to repeat aloud ‘ils/ells font’ and point two fingers (one finger on each hand) away at other people.

I do e.g. Je fais du cyclisme. Here I have tried to make it obvious what information each part of the verb is conveying and why therefore it will be so important to get the ending of the verb right. e.g. Je fais du cyclisme.

You (1/informal do e.g. Tu fais du ski ? Here I have tried to make it obvious what information each part of the verb is conveying and why therefore it will be so important to get the ending of the verb right. e.g. Tu fais du ski ?

he/she does e.g. Il/elle fait de la voile Here I have tried to make it obvious what information each part of the verb is conveying and why therefore it will be so important to get the ending of the verb right. e.g. Il/elle fait de la voile

we do e.g. Nous faisons de la gymnastique Here I have tried to make it obvious what information each part of the verb is conveying and why therefore it will be so important to get the ending of the verb right. e.g. Nous faisons de la gymnastique

you (2+/formal) do e.g. Vous faites de la natation Here I have tried to make it obvious what information each part of the verb is conveying and why therefore it will be so important to get the ending of the verb right. e.g. Vous faites de la natation

they do e.g. Ils/elles font de l’escrime. Here I have tried to make it obvious what information each part of the verb is conveying and why therefore it will be so important to get the ending of the verb right. e.g. Ils/elles font de l’escrime.

faire: to do (sports) Je fais Nous faisons I do we do Tu fais (singular) (plural) Je fais Nous faisons I do we do Tu fais Vous faites Here is the full verb pattern. Now pupils can play snap with cards of their own (see accompanying resource). you do (1 /informal) you do (2+/ formal) Il/elle fait Ils/elles font he/she does they do

Faire – to do Je fais, tu fais Je fais, tu fais Il, elle fait Il, elle fait Nous faisons, vous faites Nous faisons, vous faites Ils elles font Ils elles font Sing to the tune of Frere Jacques Merci, Mademoiselle Matrat   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1RvCib-0Zg&t=6s